February 2012
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February 28th, 2012.
One last night with Susan and Karma in Belleville, IL. Weird dreams last night. Hell, I’ve been having weird dreams for the whole trip… but last night I dreamt that Heather and I were going back to school. Rather – SHE was going and I figured eh, what the Hell. We ended up going up…
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February 27th, 2012.
ilyAIMY performing at Saint Charles Coffeehouse in Saint Peters, MO. Traveling through the remainder of Indiana with two shows left on this wandering and it must be said that spirits are low. Kristen’s caught something that’s making her throat burn and in tight quarters we’re all trying not to think of it as a mere matter…
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February 26th, 2012.
These are a bunch of images not included (in full) in the Journal. Now that we can… may I present a gratuitous bird gallery of Karma and Rafiki! Oh – and then a trip the City Museum in Saint Louis, MO – rob 3/17/21 First – some good Karma! And then some Rafiki! So we’d…
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February 22nd, 2012.
Our first night in Saint Louis we rolled into the open mic at Foam. The night was being hosted by Ellen the Felon (above) and was theoretically a 90s night. Now… I’ve got pretty firm memories of the 90s, and though Ellen’s version of “Heart-Shaped Box” was done pretty well, she seems to have missed…
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February 21st, 2012.
I’ve found myself a beautifully appointed Starbucks, and a window seat in view of the El station in the Bryn Mawr section of Chicago. It’s gray as an eraser smudge today, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem is unfurling day by day in my head. Yesterday, it was only the first three lines. Today, the fourth and fifth…
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February 21st, 2012.
Kristen is pleased that she’s not joining us in THIS party. I hate breaking strings. It’s unnerving, it’s startling, on occasion it’s painful. And in an open mic setting, it’s pretty much the end of your set. There are SOME circumstances where you can play it off – but if you’re in the first half of…
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February 20th, 2012.
Monday we roll into Chicago, Illinois. We haven’t been here often, but it always looks like something out of the future. Heather reminds me that this is where they filmed the most recent Batman movie. It’s not Gotham, but it’s appropriate. Hee. Strange dream last night. Waking up in Elkhart, IN and rolling over and…
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February 19th, 2012.
Sunday night in Elkhart, IN we took the night off. Heather was then attacked by Martian monsters, which is the fate of all slackers who take nights off. That night we ended up in another hotel (we’ve been truly Living the high Life on this tour) and relaxed in a Microtel… our very first hotel…
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February 17th 2012.
Waiting for our moment to shine at World Of Beer in Columbus, OH, Heather makes her own amusements. The rain hit at around 9am. Pitter-pat on the window and kind of louder than it had any right to be. Pittsburgh is less attractive in the grey, drab of fog and drizzle, especially when I’m thinking…
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February 17th, 2012.
In Ohio I finally opened my birthday presents! From Heather I got a really cool shirt with cyber-tentacles on it (you can’t go wrong with robot squid) and from her mom I got some beautiful socks! Life is once again looking stylish and awesome. Man: killer headache, failure of internet connectivity, sunshine is BRIGHT and…